About this blog

This blog is about old trucks and any other historical matters that I feel like writing about. John and I have four old trucks, a 1976 N1025 Volvo, which John purchased new, a 1974 1418 Mercedes Benz, a 1989 Volvo 12 Intercooler and a 1973 F86 Volvo which is also known as 'the Bubble'. John is a Cartage Contractor and has driven and owned trucks for over 50 years.

About Me

I am the Local History Librarian at at Public Library Service in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. I am also the President of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society, the secretary of the South Eastern Historical Association and the Trafalgar Truck Restorers Club.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

John and I drove up to Penrith to take a look at this show held at the Museum of Fire at Penrith on Sunday June 15 2014. There was around 150 vehicles on display - this post shows most of the American trucks. To see British, European and Japanese trucks, plus some historic fire trucks and police cars - click here.

Only Osh Kosh on display

There were two Seattle cab Kenworths on display - John was on seventh heaven seeing them - the one in original condition, above, and the very snazzy red one, below.

John Knight's SAR

Red Kenworth

Blue Kenworths

Green Kenworths

W-model Kenworth

Chevrolet

Blitz - Chev or Ford?

More Chevs

Chev tow truck

Diamond T

What's this? A Diamond T or a Mack?

A delightful display of Dodges

A Fargo

A fabulous flock of Fords

The Arnott's Ford and Albion

The final Ford

An interesting collection of Inters

Inter T-line 2670

Many Macks made their way to the show. The one, above, was very nice a 1942 model.

This is a Republic. The Republic Motor Truck Company began manufacturing trucks in 1913 in Alma, Michigan as the Alma Motor Truck Company. They changed the name in 1914. They were the largest manufacturer of trucks in America in 1918-1919 and produced over 10,000 trucks. In 1928 they were acquired by the Linn Manufacturing Corporation and merged with American-La France in 1929 and became La-France-Republic Corporation. They cold trucks under the Republic name in England until 1931. (Source: The Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles)

Here are the Whites

This post shows most of the American trucks. To see British, European and Japanese trucks, plus some historic fire engines and police cars - click here.